VISIT THE LITTLE ITALY WITH LICENSED TOUR GUIDE OF NEW YORK

VISIT THE LITTLE ITALY WITH LICENSED TOUR GUIDE OF NEW YORK

During the early stages of the southern italian immigration to the United States, the vast majority of those who came settled in New York city. Many settled first in New York's notorious MUlberry Bend district, and afterwards they established large enclaves in Italian Harlem, the south Village, Brooklyn and the city outer borough. Immigrants from southern Italy begun settling in Manhattan. Some families stayed in the same tenemenst in little italy for decades; others could not bear the thought of leaving behind the coffee and pastry, the cheese and the bread.

In the 1980s things begun to change and the third generation of Italian Americans began to leave. Many of them gone through high schools to the City University and then to Medical or law schools. They then moved to Staten island of new Jersey or Long Island, where they could own homes.

The 1900 census showed that 225.000 italians lived in New York city. Often separated from other immigrants because of their language, italian immigrants to New York city in the 1880s formed communities apart from their neighbors. They tended to think of themselves collectively as a small italian colony, "La Colonia".

Many italians return to the neighborhood for two annual festivals: the feat of saint Anthony of Padua, centered in Sullivan street and the feast of san Gennaro held September 19th.

Visit Little Italy with private english speaking licensed tour guide.